This blog is dedicated to treating everyone - clients, prospects, friends, and family - as valuable partners. We should show them our gratitude through all our actions, including our marketing.

June 3, 2017

Respect and Courtesy

In our dealings with other people, no matter who they may
be, we should show everyone respect and courtesy. Respect and courtesy must be
paramount in all our relations.

It doesn’t matter the situation, we must remain in control
of our emotions and our feelings. We cannot let our temper, or our frustrations,
become paramount in our mind. There are always clients, prospects, and even
friends who stress our feelings, who demand more and more, and who push our
buttons, sometimes intentionally.

We must not let these people get the better of us; we do not
need their behavior to destroy what we have built with our hard work and time. No
matter what life brings our way, we must treat everyone with respect and
courtesy, as equals, and as we would want to be treated. It is the right thing
to do; it is Gratitude
Marketing.

Does this mean that we should let others run over us, making
us sacrifice our scruples and maybe our integrity? Of course not; it means that
we stand by our principles and our structure for our company’s products or
services and pricing. It doesn’t do any good to roll over and let someone make us
change our values for them. It is the manner in which we operate our business
that counts.

Respect and courtesy are parts of a 2 way street; this street
works both ways. While we should always endeavor to be professional in our
business, showing respect and courtesy to others, we should expect, even
demand, the same treatment from others. No matter the environment, no matter
the communication tool, let these two traits be primary in our lives.

In meetings, on the telephone, in emails, in cards, in
public, or in private, whenever or wherever we are with others, or even by ourselves,
we must follow this plan. Respect and courtesy must be part of us and what we do,
say, and think. If we do not treat ourselves with respect and
courtesy, no one else will. It will be evident to others how we feel about ourselves,
and they will respond in kind.

We have been in meetings where disrespect for others was in
evidence for all to see. No one wants to be anywhere close to those types of
people. If someone is discourteous to someone else in public, how would we like
to be on the receiving end of those actions? How would we feel toward those who
treated us in that manner?

We have stated it repeatedly: people do business with, and pass referrals
to, those that they know, like, and trust. We should not do business
with, or pass referrals to, someone who treated us with disrespect or was
discourteous to us. What about the person who treats others with disrespect and
discourteousness? Would we want to be associated with those people?

What do these thoughts mean in relation to the principles of
karma? Please leave any comments here, or call at 360-314-8691, or email Jim@SOC4Now.com. I would be glad to hear
from you no matter how you think, and perhaps we can all help each other be
better people.